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Omaha NE (UND) – The North Dakota men’s basketball team took the loss on Wednesday night at Creighton by a score of 75-60 from CHI Health Center Arena. UND falls to 2-4, while Creighton improves to 3-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Fighting Hawks battled for much of the night, but got outrebounded by the Blue Jays 50-30, giving up 21 offensive rebounds, compared to grabbing nine. Creighton dominated on second chance points, recording 27, while UND had just eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Dakota had three players in double figures offensively, led by freshman Marley Curtis<\/a><\/dfn> who poured in 14 points on 4-for-7 shooting and 3-for-5 from deep. Greyson Uelmen<\/a><\/dfn> got into the paint when he wanted to, totaling 13 points, while George Natsvlishvili<\/a><\/dfn> recorded 10 points and seven rebounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UND was within striking distance for a good portion of the game, holding a lead for 3:38 of game time. The Hawks led by as many as five and trailed by as many as 16, but were down just 62-54 with under eight minutes to play. Creighton then went on a 9-2 run to open the lead back to 15 and fended off the Hawks for the victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NoDak shot just 23-for-60 (38.3%) from the field, while holding the Blue Jays to 26-for-63 (41.3%) shooting. The first half featured 83 total points with Creighton leading 47-36, but the second half saw just 52 points, as the two squads combined to shoot 2-for-26 from behind the arc in the final 20 minutes. Creighton connected on 1-of-17 three-point attempts in the second half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UND got off to a good start, jumping out to a 15-10 lead with 14:33 to play, headlined by eight quick points from Curtis and five from Anderson. North Dakota started off 3-for-4 from deep, two made from Curtis and one connected by Anderson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Blue Jays turned things around, going on a 14-0 run in the next 4:09 to take a 24-15 lead and went on a 23-5 extended run to corral a 33-20 advantage with 6:31 remaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zach Kraft<\/a><\/dfn> continued to do what he does best, hitting three-pointers on back-to-back possessions to trim into the deficit, making it 33-26 with 5:48 left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creighton responded with an 11-2 run in the next 2:25, making it 44-28, before UND closed the half on an 8-3 run, courtesy of six points from Uelmen and two from Natsvlishvili to go into the break down 47-36.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Out of half, following a made Blue Jays free throw, Curtis connected on a deep, straight-away triple, pulling UND within nine at 48-39.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the 16:41 mark through the 8:15 point, UND trailed by 10-to-14 points, as the Hawks were down just 62-52 with 8:15 to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natsvlishvili scored a layup off an assist from Anderson to make it 62-54 with 7:29 to play. The team then had a chance to get the game within two-scores as Uelmen came up with a steal on the next Blue Jays possession and got out in transition, but had his layup attempt blocked by Owen Freeman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That led to Creighton going the other way, where Nik Graves was fouled by Anderson in the act of shooting. Graves went 1-for-2 from the stripe, and a Josh Dix layup to follow on the next possession gave the Blue Jays a 65-54 lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UND couldn’t get the game back in single digits the rest of the way, trailing by as many as 15 and falling 75-60.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North Dakota will resume play in a multiple-team event (MTE) at Western Illinois on Saturday at 6 p.m. against Coastal Carolina, which will be followed by a matchup with Western Illinois on Sunday at 6 p.m. Both games will be streamed on ESPN+.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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